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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

Mariupol residents are burying the dead in makeshift graves by the roadside

Reuters

Residents of Ukraine’s besieged Mariupol port city are burying the dead on the roadside in makeshift graves after weeks of continuous bombardment by Russian forces in the ongoing invasion.

Andrei, a resident of the southern Ukrainian city identified only by his first name, told Reuters that he dug a makeshift grave on the side of a road opposite a bombed apartment building to bury his neighbours.

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